%0 Journal Article %T Multi-Stage DC-AC Converter Based on New DC-DC Converter for Energy Conversion %J Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering %I University of Mohaghegh Ardabili %Z 2322-4576 %A Banaei, Mohammadreza %D 2016 %\ 06/01/2016 %V 4 %N 1 %P 42-53 %! Multi-Stage DC-AC Converter Based on New DC-DC Converter for Energy Conversion %K Renewable energy %K multi-stage inverter %K DC-DC converter %K Multilevel inverter %R %X This paper proposes a multi-stage power generation system suitable for renewable energy sources, which is composed of a DC-DC power converter and a three-phase inverter. The DC-DC power converter is a boost converter to convert the output voltage of the DC source into two voltage sources. The DC-DC converter has two switches operates like a continuous conduction mode. The input current of DC-DC converter has low ripple and voltage of semiconductors is lower than the output voltage. The three-phase inverter is a T-type inverter. This inverter requires two balance DC sources. The inverter part converts the two output voltage sources of DC-DC power converter into a five-level line to line AC voltage. Simulation results are given to show the overall system performance, including AC voltage generation. A prototype is developed and tested to verify the performance of the converter. %U https://joape.uma.ac.ir/article_427_07fce5c1eaa8adada9b3e62c076eeee0.pdf